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Gerry Meng Posted 15 years ago
Legal Studies
Annoying sentence Plz help
As said in title, it is quite a annoying sentence, I have read it several times and fail to understand what does that mean?
here is the sentence:" It is, we think, sufficient in circumstances of this case to ask whether a consequence of the same general character as that which followed was reasonably foreseeable as one not unlikely to follow a collision between two vehicles on a dark wet night upon a busy highway."
Is there an "as... as" style in this sentence?
It comes from court. what is the meaning of this sentence?
Can someone please explain to me in plain words?
why those judge speak in this awkward way? The case is Chapman v Hearse (1961) 106 CLR 112, regarding duty of care. It is quite annoying that they can have clear way of expressing it but choose to say it in a very clumsy and confusing way.
here is the sentence:" It is, we think, sufficient in circumstances of this case to ask whether a consequence of the same general character as that which followed was reasonably foreseeable as one not unlikely to follow a collision between two vehicles on a dark wet night upon a busy highway."
Is there an "as... as" style in this sentence?
It comes from court. what is the meaning of this sentence?
Can someone please explain to me in plain words?
why those judge speak in this awkward way? The case is Chapman v Hearse (1961) 106 CLR 112, regarding duty of care. It is quite annoying that they can have clear way of expressing it but choose to say it in a very clumsy and confusing way.
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Hi Gerry. Good question! " There are two different structures using AS here, and this makes it confusing.
- Hi Gerry.
- Good question!
- " There are two different structures using AS here, and this makes it confusing.
- The question is what was “reasonably foreseeable” for Chapman in these circumstances.
- The judge says that it is not necessary to foresee exactly what happened only something “of the same general character” as what actually happened.
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Hi Gerry. Good question!
Gerry Meng" It is, we think, sufficient in circumstances of this case to ask whether a consequence of the same general character as that which followed was reasonably foreseeable as one not unlikely to follow a collision between two vehicles on a dark wet night upon a busy highway."There are two different structures using AS here, and
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